Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

Clinical leaders define challenges that patients and clinicians encounter in the healthcare system. Their frontline perspective helps prioritize projects, while ensuring a connection between clinical impact and delivery science.

Researchers experienced in delivery science co-design implementation and evaluation plans with clinical leaders and frontline staff. Clinical leaders and frontline staff assess the feasibility and impact of proposed solutions and identify and manage operational details.

This team uses data from the EHR, ancillary systems, and prospective data collection to assess process and outcome measures.

CHDS provides resources for the rigorous evaluation of projects, including clinical, quality, and cost outcomes.

CHDS faculty and staff work with clinical leadership to publish and disseminate learnings.

Publications:

Khader K, Munoz-Price LS, Hanson R, Stevens V, Keegan LT, Thomas A, Pezzin LE, Nattinger A, Singh S, Samore MH. Transmission Dynamics of Clostridioides difficile in 2 High-Acuity Hospital Units. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 29;72(Supplement_1):S1-S7.

Singh S, Ledeboer NA, Laud PW, Hanson R, Truwit JD. Decrease in Positivity Rate of Influenza Tests Coinciding With Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2: Data From a Southeastern Wisconsin Laboratory (PDF). WMJ. 2020 Dec;119(4):275-277. PMID: 33428839.

Muñoz-Price LS, Nattinger AB, Rivera F, Hanson R, Gmehlin CG, Perez A, Singh S, Buchan BW, Ledeboer NA, Pezzin LE. Racial Disparities in Incidence and Outcomes Among Patients With COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(9):e2021892. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.21892 

Muñoz-Price, L. S., Hanson, R., Singh, S., Nattinger, A. B., Penlesky, A., Buchan, B. W., Ledeboer, N. A., Beyer, K., Namin, S., Zhou, Y., & Pezzin, L. E. (2020). Association Between Environmental Factors and Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Carriage at Hospital Admission. JAMA network open, 3(1), e1919132.